Seagate GoFlex Home Support Question
Seagate GoFlex Home Support Question
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Question posted by euche on September 22nd, 2013
Seagate Goflex Home On Mac Can't Connect
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Product Information - Page 1
... files in the home*. The GoFlex Home network storage system also allows you to store and access files wirelessly from any PC or Mac computer in the home. Store all the computers in the home
Wireless-ready multi-PC and Mac® computer backup and file sharing
The GoFlex Home network storage system connects to your photos, videos and music on the GoFlex Home network storage system, or...
Product Information - Page 2
...; Internet Explorer® 7, Firefox® 3.x, Chrome 4.x, Safari® 3, or later web browser • Windows® 7, Windows Vista®, Windows® XP or Mac OS® X 10.4.9 or later operating system
• GoFlex Home Network Storage System (includes network base and hard drive - Seagate reserves the right to drive capacity, one gigabyte, or GB, equals one trillion bytes.
User Guide - Page 3
... Yourself with the Setup Process 19 Step 2: Connecting GoFlex Home 20 Step 3: Setting Up GoFlex Home 20 Step 4: Installing GoFlex Home Desktop Applications 23 Step 5: Configuring Time Machine for GoFlex Home 24 Step 6: Setting Up More Mac Computers 26 Next Steps 27
4. Setting Up GoFlex Home - Contents
1. Setting Up GoFlex Home - Mac 19
Step 1: Familiarizing Yourself with the Setup...
User Guide - Page 5
... how to set up and use one external drive for using Seagate Share, a Web-based application that describe Windows-only features are available only on GoFlex Home. Introduction
The FreeAgent® GoFlex™ Home network storage system lets you use GoFlex Home, you need: • Home network (also called a Local Area Network, or LAN) • Wired or wireless router with every computer...
User Guide - Page 6
... to Know GoFlex Home
Mac computers accessing GoFlex Home require: • Mac OS® X 10.4 or later operating system • Safari® 3.1 or later Web browser GoFlex Home works with most consumer home network equipment with any FreeAgent GoFlex Home or Go Flex Desk
drives
• GoFlex Home Drive: Provides 1 TB or 2 TB of storage space (depending on your model) • GoFlex Home Light...
User Guide - Page 17
... the installation. See "Step 6: Setting Up More Mac Computers" on -screen instructions to your GoFlex Home network storage system, you are setting up GoFlex Home on a computer or device without a CD-ROM drive, go to www.seagate.com/goflexhomesupport to download the installation software.
2. Note: If you must install the GoFlex Home software-Seagate Dashboard and Memeo Instant Backup. Figure 13...
User Guide - Page 19
... your own user account and password during setup. Once setup is easy. Mac
Step 1: Familiarizing Yourself with the folders that only you don't want anyone else on page 37.
FreeAgent® GoFlex™ Home User Guide
19
See "Step 2: Connecting GoFlex Home" on your home network to see "Copying Your Files to the folders of their own digital...
User Guide - Page 20
... drive, go to www.seagate.com/goflexhomesupport to create during setup.
1. Step 3: Setting Up GoFlex Home
TIP: Before you need to download the installation software.
2. The Welcome screen opens.
3. Figure 14: Main Setup Screen
FreeAgent® GoFlex™ Home User Guide
20 Setting Up GoFlex Home - Mac
Step 2: Connecting GoFlex Home
Step 2: Connecting GoFlex Home
For instructions, see...
User Guide - Page 23
...Mac
10. Click Next. Step 4: Installing GoFlex Home Desktop Applications
Figure 19: Entering an E-mail Address
11. Your GoFlex Home device is full, or if your computer. FreeAgent® GoFlex™ Home User Guide
23 Setting Up GoFlex Home...messages. Step 4: Installing GoFlex Home Desktop Applications
In this step, you access GoFlex Home from your Seagate Share Pro subscription is ...
User Guide - Page 24
..., click Close.
Click Install. Continue by configuring Time Machine to use GoFlex Home as your important files to use a complimentary Mac version of Memeo Instant Backup provided in a stand-alone folder on a computer or device without a CD-ROM drive, go to www.seagate.com/goflexhomesupport to download the installation software. If required, click Change...
User Guide - Page 25
Step 5: Configuring Time Machine for GoFlex Home
Figure 21: Logging in to GoFlex Home. Create a password to use when connecting Time Machine to GoFlex Home
3. Click Next. Click Yes to continue the setup. (Click No, then skip to Step 8 if you gave to back up your current configuration with GoFlex Home.
Figure 22: Creating a Password
4. The password must be at...
User Guide - Page 26
... your GoFlex Home network storage system. FreeAgent® GoFlex™ Home User Guide
26 Step 6: Setting Up More Mac Computers
Figure 23: Logging in to access your backup device.
8. Setup is set up and you 're finished, on a computer or device without a CD-ROM drive, go to www.seagate.com/goflexhomesupport to use both PC and Mac computers with GoFlex Home...
User Guide - Page 27
... Your GoFlex Home network storage system is complete and the main setup screen re-opens, click Step 3 Windows/Time Machine Backup Configuration (Optional), then follow the steps in Seagate Share" on page 50 • "Managing GoFlex Home" on page 24.
6. The main setup screen opens.
4.
Next Steps
Now that appears on page 23.
5.
Mac
Next Steps
2. Double-click GoFlex Home...
User Guide - Page 30
... your own GoFlex Home folders. Click Change next to your GoFlex Home network storage system-permission required (see page 62).
• Try new applications for free from any computer that's connected to log in each time you gain access to the user name on someone else is already logged in with GoFlex Home
Opening the Seagate Dashboard
The Seagate Dashboard Features...
User Guide - Page 37
... built-in GoFlex Home, the contents of your home network or keep them private and viewable only by you . Copying files to ... Open the Seagate Dashboard (see page 38). panel, click Load Content.
Copying Files to GoFlex Home Using the Seagate Dashboard
TIP: Mac users-You must use Seagate Share to copy files to GoFlex Home:
1.
To copy files from Home" on page...
User Guide - Page 47
... printer to use in the Print Using using field and then click
Add. Turn on your GoFlex Home network storage system can also connect a USB hub to the GoFlex Home dock, then connect your specific computer, refer to the documentation that came with GoFlex Home
Setting Up a Centralized Printer
The RSS reader then automatically receives new images as you remove...
User Guide - Page 62
...your new password. To change your GoFlex Home network storage system has been set up, you . Open the Seagate Dashboard (see page 28), then click...GoFlex Home settings, add new applications to GoFlex Home from the Seagate Share application or FTP connection. Passwords are case-sensitive. 4. Customizing Your GoFlex Home User Settings
You can be only be at any devices connected to Seagate...
User Guide - Page 69
... change network-related settings, and manage your GoFlex Home device by connecting GoFlex Home directly to their existing GoFlex Home folders. You can reconnect to your household backup files, in your GoFlex Home device.
Adding More Storage Capacity to re-create user names exactly, so that everyone can open the GoFlex Home Preferences page two ways:
• Open the Seagate Dashboard...
User Guide - Page 74
... format:
http:\\GoFlexHomeIPaddress\
For example:
http:\\123.456.789.0\
To find the IP address of GoFlex Home on a computer running the Mac operating system, use Not connected to the dock. On your network storage system accesses their folders and files.
The Seagate Dashboard allows you to change color and flash to indicate the status of the lights...
User Guide - Page 75
Finding More Help
The GoFlex Home network storage system is easy to your router isn't damaged.
• Ensure that your Internet connection isn't down or disabled. (Look at the lights on the back of the GoFlex Home dock-if they're not on and blinking, GoFlex Home is damaged. Go to www.seagate.com/goflexhomesupport if you may still have any...
